Hello Gerda

Firstly, none of us is a sinner.

Sin is a Judeo-Christian doctrine, made up by early theologians and a concept adopted by some other later Abrahamic religions such as Islam. There is absolutely no justification for choosing this relatively recent religion, its beliefs and traditions and posing a question through its narrow lens though it is perfectly understandable why you have done. You only ask this question because of the place on Earth and time in history into which you have been born and raised.

Had you been born into a culture where Zen Buddhism is practised, where the concept of sin does not exist (though there are five crimes a person is advised never to commit), such a thought may never have entered your head.

Had you been born in Ancient Greece 3,000 years ago you might have couched your ideas in terms of morality - but not sin.

Had you been born in Ancient Egypt 1,500 BCE where acts were discussed in terms of wickedness or cruelty, you would have expressed your question in terms of a violation of law - but not sin.

It is only because you are born into a part of the world where this idea has been promulgated for two millennia that you think to pose such a question.

Matt